Book reviews washed down with a cup of tea and at least three biscuits

Literary Pancakes

There are a few foods in this world that I love more than the humble pancake- my preferred version being the crepe and not the Scotch or American styles. I used to spend far too much time cooking them as a teenager, to the point that my Dad asked me whether I was studying the art of pancake making as a form of zen.

In honour of pancake day, one of my favourite days of the year, I’ve been wracking my brain to think of a book which fully extolls the virtues of the humble pancake but I was stumped. Please let me know if you can think of one.

I did however think that the baumtorte in Mr Rosenblum’s List might be perfect for this kind of occasion, I think it is good to have happy rememberances of people, as well as sad ones.

You may remember that I had planned to cook this myself, but sadly I forgot to get the recipe before I passed the bookon to an eager recipient. Never fear! Natasha Solomon herself has come to my rescue with her blog and a recipe in The Times.

My pancake mountain

So until I write my own novel in which pancakes and all things nice are heavily featured, please feast your eyes on my contribution to unhealthy eating. I hope you are enjoying feasting on your own pancakes as well.

This is great. I actually had to postpone pancake day this year – the timing of it was just really terrible, so we’ll be having our pancakes tomorrow now instead! All sugar and lemon too, like the ones in your pic. Chocolate chip sounds interesting. We tried banana and vanilla ice-cream with our pancakes once, but it wasn’t the same! x

Hello Emma, I’m in Dallas, Texas for work at the moment (first time in the States, whoooo!) and I had apple crepes with a strawberry sauce and fresh fruit on the side, two kinds of melon, strawberries, raspberries and THE biggest blueberries I have ever seen. I don’t like blueberries and I picked some up because they were so huge! I hope your pancakes turn out well 🙂